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How the US war on Iran may provoke a terrorist attack – and how that may be the point
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
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Since Trump first started consolidating executive power the only thing he's missing is a semi justified declaration of a national emergency. He tried it with immigration but it's not really catching on like he hoped. Now he's started a war with an asymmetrical foe with ties to terrorist orgs. I expect a series of attacks to be carried out on US soil, they'll need them in a few major cities for the largest effect and serious enough to involve emergency powers. My guess is we'll see something between now and midterms so that he can get DHS at the polls. We may even see an event at the polls that the admin will lean on to "cancel" the election and keep the results in limbo.
None of this would stand up to the courts for long but they would try to use DHS to control the opposition. They've been packing ICE with Nazis and Trump supporters for almost a year now. I hope I'm wrong but I'd be surprised if they don't try something.